Mentoring In Physical Education: Issues And Insights

Mentoring in Physical Education Dedication This book is dedicated to the memory of Joy McConachie Smith of the University of Brighton We celebrate her life, so prematurely ended. Mentoring in Physical Education: Issues and Insights Edited by Mick Mawer The Falmer Press (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group) London • Washington, D.C. UK USA Falmer Press, 1 Gunpowder Square, London, EC4A 3DE Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007 © M.Mawer 1996 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published in 1996 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available on request ISBN 0-203-45416-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-76240-1 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0 7507 0564 7 cased ISBN 0 7507 0565 5 paper Contents Introduction Mick Mawer 1 Part One 7 1 2 The Context Partnerships in School-based Training: The Implications for Physical Education Patricia Shenton and Elizabeth Murdoch What is Mentoring? Michael Taylor and Joan Stephenson Part Two An Insight into the Trainee’s Perspective 3 4 5 6 7 9 22 39 Changes in Physical Education Students’ Anxieties and Concerns on School Experience: A Longitudinal Study Susan Capel 41 Trainees’ Concerns, Experiences and Needs: Implications for Mentoring in Physical Education Colin Hardy 59 An Account of Laura’s First Term on a School-based PGCE Course Emma Tait 73 Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Primary School Mick Mawer 89 Trainees’ Views of Mentoring in Physical Education Chai Kim Yau Part Three 8 9 Issues Concerning the Role of the Mentor 108 121 Physical Education Mentors’ Needs Ros Phillips, Ann-Marie Latham and Joanne Hudson 123 Supporting the New Generalist Teacher in the Teaching of Physical Education in the Primary School Mick Mawer 141 v Contents 10 11 Working together: Roles and Relationships in the Mentoring Process Joanne Hudson and Ann-Marie Latham 161 Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Critical Reflection in Physical Education Tony Rossi 176 Part Four 12 13 An International Perspective 195 Mentoring in the Australian Physical Education Teacher Education Context: Lessons from Cooking Turkeys and Tandoori Chicken Richard Tinning 197 Mentoring within Physical Education Teacher Education in the USA: Research Trends and Developments Deborah Tannehill and Deborah G.Coffin 217 List of Contributors 239 Index 241 vi Introduction Mick Mawer This is a undoubtedly a time of considerable change as far as teacher education in the UK is concerned, in fact, others have described this period as ‘a significant watershed in the history of teacher preparation’ (Tomlinson, 1995, p. viii) in which government interventions hav